Newham is an exciting place to work with a young, vibrant and diverse population. We have an opportunity for an experienced and skilled commissioner to join the Public Health Commissioning Team as a Senior Commissioner.

About the Job

The post is a permanent contract. However, commissioning roles within the Adults Commissioning Directorate are in scope as part of the Integrated Commissioning Agenda. This will include this post.

Senior Commissioner (Public Health)

£50,301 – £61,467 pa

Public Health Commissioning is increasingly commissioning in an integrated model with Newham Clinical Commissioning Group. As such it is important to consider both social care and health outcomes in all commissioning work. The Senior Commissioner (Public Health) will support the development and commissioning of services which achieve customer outcomes and create efficiencies across health and social care.

The post holder will be expected to develop close working relationships and joint working relationships and maintain these with a wide range of stakeholders across the Council and the CCG.

The post holder will represent the borough at a range of borough and regional level meetings.

The post holder has matrix or line management responsibility for up to 6 staff.

The portfolio of the role may expand over time to cover wider public health, health and social care responsibilities.

The post will be managed by the Commissioning Leader, Public Health and DSV.

About You

This will be a challenging role with an expectation of fast paced delivery and an adaptable approach on the part of the post holder. Candidates must have:

Experience of leading a procurement through a commissioning cycle.

Experience of managing contracts within health and local authority environment.

The London Borough of Newham is a Disability Confident employer. Candidates who declare that they have a disability in accordance with the Equality Act 2010 and meet the essential criteria as specified in the Job Profile will be guaranteed an interview.

Priority consideration on all advertised roles will be given to London Borough of Newham Redeployees.

The London Borough of Newham is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable groups and expects staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Please be aware that a Disclosure and Barring Scheme (DBS) check will be required for any position with access to these groups under the provision of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

In addition, the Authority reserves the right to request employees undertake a basic disclosure check (Disclosure Scotland) where required for the role this includes anyone who has access to (or information obtained directly from) a government database, or has a GCSX account. These posts will be required to have a Basic Disclosure Scotland check as per the requirements of BPSS (Baseline Personnel Security Standards).

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